Country: | England |
Fullname: | Charles Langton |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1823 |
Birth Place: | Liverpool, Lancashire, England |
Death Place: | Aigburth, Lancashire, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Lancashire |
Year1: | 1849 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 21 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.25 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 7 |
Deliveries1: | 36 |
Wickets1: | 3 |
Bowl Avg1: | 24.00 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 2/? |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 2 April |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/16754.html Cricinfo |
Charles Langton (11 July 1823 – 18 November 1900) was an English first-class cricketer.
Langton was born at Liverpool and was educated at Rugby School, entering in 1837.[1] He made two appearances in first-class cricket for Lancashire against Yorkshire in 1849, played at Sheffield and Manchester.[2] He scored 21 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 7,[3] while with the ball he took 3 wickets.[4]
Langton ran an insurance brokerage business, based in London and Liverpool, with his company Langton Charles & Co. being liquidated in 1866.[5] By 1875, he was involved with the Liverpool Juvenile Reformatory Association as a treasurer, assisting with administration of the reformatory school ship Akbar, alongside a reformatory farm for boys and a reformatory school for girls.[6] He died at Aigburth in November 1900.